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Mar-30-2004 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 300827
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0227 AM CST TUE MAR 30 2004
   
   VALID 311200Z - 011200Z
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 ENE
   CRE 25 NNE FLO SOP 55 N RWI 20 S RIC 20 SSW WAL.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 S SSI 10 NNE AYS
   10 SSW CSG 15 S BHM 40 E MKL 25 ESE PAH OWB 30 WNW SDF 30 NNE LEX
   UNI 30 WNW HLG 20 NW PIT 35 S DUJ 25 NW HGR 30 NNE BWI PHL 20 N JFK
   20 E ISP.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 WSW FHU 40 SSE FLG
   25 WNW U24 50 S ENV 55 SSW U31 25 SSE LOL 30 NNW BOI 25 NNE 3DU 50
   SSW HVR 45 E LWT 35 N COD 10 SSW RIW 45 WNW CAG 35 W ALS 55 N 4CR 50
   SE ALM 75 SSW GDP.
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ERN NC AND SE VA....
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   THE DEEP MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE MIDDLE AND UPPER MS VALLEY IS IN
   THE PROCESS OF EVOLVING INTO A CLOSED LOW EARLY THIS MORNING...AND
   THIS LOW WILL DRIFT EWD OVER THE OH/TN VALLEYS TOMORROW.  AN
   EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW OVER ERN KS WILL MOVE AROUND THE LOW
   AND EJECT NEWD OVER THE CAROLINAS TOMORROW TO THE MID ATLANTIC
   TOMORROW NIGHT.  SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
   PIEDMONT NWD INTO VA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS EJECTING SHORTWAVE
   TROUGH.  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE MID
   LEVEL COLD POOL IN CONJUNCTION WITH DAYTIME HEATING...THOUGH THE
   MORE FOCUSED THUNDERSTORM THREAT IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS ERN NC/SE VA
   DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING.
   
   FARTHER W...AN ERN PAC MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INLAND OVER THE
   NRN ROCKIES...WHILE THE SRN PORTION OF THE TROUGH DEVELOPS INTO A
   CLOSED LOW OFF OF NRN BAJA.  GRADUALLY DESTABILIZATION IS EXPECTED
   BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON FROM THE ID AREA SSEWD TO THE FOUR CORNERS.  A
   FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE BAROCLINIC ZONE FROM
   NRN NV TO SW MT WHERE ASCENT AND WEAK INSTABILITY COINCIDE...WHILE
   MORE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN A WEAK MOISTURE
   PLUME FROM NRN MEXICO NWD ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS INTO UT.
   
   ...ERN NC/SE VA AREA...
   LOW-MID LEVEL DESTABILIZATION WILL OCCUR AS THE EMBEDDED SPEED MAX
   MOVES NEWD OVER THE CAROLINAS AND COLD MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES /-22
   TO -24 C AT 500 MB/ OVERSPREAD THIS AREA.  DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN
   THE 60S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S WILL YIELD
   MUCAPE VALUES OF 500-1000 J/KG...WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT OF
   SUBSTANTIAL DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR ON THE CYCLONIC SIDE OF THE
   MID LEVEL JET. THUNDERSTORMS...IN THE FORM OF SHORT LINE SEGMENTS
   OR SUPERCELLS...WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY MIDDAY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF
   SC/NC AND SPREAD NEWD DURING THE AFTERNOON.  LARGE HAIL AND A FEW
   DAMAGING GUSTS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS DURING THE
   AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
   
   ..THOMPSON.. 03/30/2004
   
   ...NOTICE...
   FOR USERS DECODING THE POINTS PARAGRAPH HEREIN...LATITUDE AND
   LONGITUDE POINTS FOR THE CATEGORICAL AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
   GRAPHICS ALSO ARE LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PRODUCT UNDER THE WMO
   HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...WUUS02 PTSDY2...AND WUUS03 PTSDY3.  THE
   INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCONTINUED.
   
   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1730Z
        
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